Flight time
2h 20m
Ballina to Melbourne, scheduled
Ballina to Melbourne
MEL → QNA · 1,274 km · Melbourne to Ballina
Distance
1,274 km
great-circle
The route
1,274 km great-circle · 2h 20m typical
No punctuality data is published for this route — only 80 of Australia's 83 monitored domestic routes are covered. Traffic figures below are unaffected.
Passengers, 2020 to 2026
Not enough data to chart.
Traffic: to Jun 2026 · Marks show industry events
Passenger figures count both directions together — Ballina to Melbourne and back. The published statistics do not separate them. Cancellations, punctuality and flight numbers above are for Ballina to Melbourne only.
How long is the flight?
Scheduled flight time from Ballina to Melbourne is 2h 20m gate to gate, over 1,274 km. The return leg is scheduled at 2h — the two directions differ by 20m, so this way round is the slower one.
This is scheduled block time — from leaving the gate to reaching it at the other end — not time in the air, and not a substitute for checking your own booking. It is a median across the flights currently timetabled on this leg.
Flight numbers on this route
1 flight number currently scheduled from Ballina to Melbourne. These are the numbers you book under — some are operated by a regional partner such as QantasLink or Alliance.
The route still operates, but it is no longer large enough to appear in the published passenger statistics — those end May 2022. The timetable below is current.
Typical flight time 2h 20m.
Scheduled every day this week — 7 departures in all.
Jetstar · 1 · Airbus A320
JQ465
Current timetable as at 2026-09-06
Timetables change; these are not a booking source and carry no punctuality figures of their own. The cancellation and on-time rates above are for the route as a whole, not for any single flight number — per-flight performance is not collected.
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 33,291 · Dec 2021 |
| Pandemic low | 11,866 · Apr 2021 |
| Great-circle distance | 1,274 km |
Traffic: to Jun 2026